As low cost, low power wireless networking technologies continue to gain popularity in
industrial control and remote sensing applications, greater demand is being placed on …

The process control industry has shown great interest in implementation of low cost, low
power wireless sensor networks. Such networks are much easier to deploy and reconfigure …

Single layered acoustic-electric channels have been used in the recent past to send power
and data through metallic barriers. Multi-layered acoustic-electric channels, as well as those …

Ultrasonic signals can be utilized as a viable communication method to transmit information
through gas, liquid, and solid channels or a mixed media consisting of a solid interfaced with …

Many industrial applications need transmission of information through metal barriers without
physical penetrations. Conventional wireless communication is ineffective due to the …

Acoustic-electric channels have been used in the recent past to send power and data
through thin metallic barriers. Acoustic-electric channels formed along a structure which are …

Ultrasonic communication methods have been used for sending data through elastic solids
such as steel pipes or plates to overcome physical hurdles that hamper the conventional …

Wireless communication is ineffective for communicating through a solid steel wall due to
the shielding effect of the metal. In some cases, holes can be made in the wall to allow wires …

On-chip wired interconnects presents a bottleneck for VLSI integrated circuits. An additional
channel with which to communicate information would be beneficial to supplement …

A link-adaptive frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) ultrasonic physical layer is proposed
for high-datarate communications through metal walls. The ultrasonic link allows for …